Fishing Discussion
seeing as no one else likes to share.... graveyard.
Submitted by hekser on Thu, 2010-11-11 12:09
Name Max depth site LONMAX LONMIN LATMAX LATMIN When_Built When_Lost Position_info Found
Ben Dearg, Ben Dear 9 (not a shipwreck)
112°00
129°00
10°00
36°00
1920
1951
N
Knowsley ex-Anna Maria Schwalbe
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1864
1923/10/03
N
Norwhale (Site 13)
115°18.609
115°18.609
32°02.98098
32°02.98098
1943
1968/06/20
Y
Concordia
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1890
1948/04/20
N
County of Caithness
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1876
1931/04/02
N
Dragon
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1906
1948/01/02
N
Robert Moore
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1939
1968/07/10
N
Sesa
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1869
1928/07/04
N
Thornliebank
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1886
1928/04/18
N
Tocopilla
112°00
129°00
10°00
36°00
1865
1924/02/26
N
Adventure
115°20
115°20
32°04
32°04
unknown
1945/02
RAN Hydrographic Department
N
Cape Otway (Site 01)
115°22.35198
115°22.35198
32°03.58998
32°03.58998
1931
1968/09/07
Y
Nirimba
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1895
1945/02
N
Bankfields
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1876
1950/06/07
N
Clevedon
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1873
1930/10
N
Glenbank
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1928
N
Lalla
1874
1917/08/18
N
Tamerlane
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1861
1926/09/10
N
Topopilla
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1865
1924
N
Gannet
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
N
Victoria
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
N
Governor
1898
1955/10/07
N
Koorda
1896
1945/02
N
Rockingham
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1903
1948/01/02
N
Derwent HMAS
115°12.288817
115°12.288817
32° 03.455892
32° 03.455892
1961/64
1994/12/21
Position of scuttling: 32°2.55 – 115°12
Y
Junee (Site 02)
115°22.78902
115°22.78902
32°03.39498
32°03.39498
1943
1968/09/07
Y
Caravan
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1970/09/30
N
Duchess
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1899
c.1945
N
Swan
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1972/10/13
N
Gunga Din MWL 251
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1944
N
Loch Ness
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1869
1926
N
Eucla (Site 09) ex Wexford
115°20.72898
115°20.72898
32°04.61598
32°04.61598
1901
1932/03/09
Y
Adroit HMAS
114°45
114°45
32°04
32°04
1968
1994/08/08
RAN Hydrographic Department
N
Graveyard Unidentified (Site 04)
115°22.1346
115°22.1346
32°04.2399
32°04.2399
DGPS 2002
Y
Graveyard Unidentified (Site 14)
115°13.588796
115°13.588796
32°01.668323
32°01.668323
DGPS 2005
Y
Graveyard Unidentified (Site 12)
115°19.541413
115°19.541413
32°01.887652
32°01.887652
DGPS 2005
Y
Graveyard Unidentified (Site 03)
115°22.194
115°22.194
32°03.158
32°03.158
DGPS 2005
Y
Graveyard Unidentified (Site 06)
115°23.051
115°23.051
32°05.153
32°05.153
DGPS 2002
Y
Graveyard Unidentified (Site 10)
115°21.914
115°21.914
32°03.665
32°03.665
DGPS 2002
Y
Graveyard Unidentified (Site 11)
115°20.514
115°20.514
32°01.572
32°01.572
DGPS 2002
Y
Graveyard Unidentified (Site 34)
115°18.831
115°18.831
32°08.315
32°08.315
Y
Graveyard Unidentified (Site 35)
115°20.7116667
115°20.7116667
32°03.914667
32°03.914667
Y
Commiles
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1918
1953/05/15
N
K11
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1924
1946 also mentioned 1952
N
Kirkcudbrightshire
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1884
1934/04/04
N
Maranda
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1867
1933/06/16
N
Kos 7 (Site 05)
115°22.46802
115°22.46802
32°04.93002
32°04.93002
1929
1968/06/22
Y
Premier
112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1893
1938
Position of scuttling: 32° 04 – 115° 22
N
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rod advice
Submitted by Quobbarockhopper on Thu, 2010-11-11 09:17Hi guys
Im after some advice suggestions on a couple of rods to add to the stockpile:
1) baitcaster- around 30lb, 6.5 foot: to be used in airly heavy saltwater applications, paired with a abu revo toro spooled with 30lb. about the only things ive found that come close to fitting the bill are a daiwa zillion rod and the egrell bear B6 (havent seen one of these in the flesh yet, if anyone has, what are they like?)... both the tcurve and gloomis range dont seem to have something quite heavy enough...?
2) spin: about 6.5-7 ft: 20lb, paired will a sol 4000... fast action etc... for plastics/ stickbaits/ metals etc.. any suggestions?
dont mind paying somewhere around the $200-400 for each...
thanks in advance for any advice
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Pimp my ride
Submitted by JohnF on Thu, 2010-11-11 08:54Stella pimping in progress, just gotta add the YGK Ultrajig braid and then wait for the sambos.........seabreeze getting a hammering......does not look good for a while.
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shark rigs?
Submitted by hekser on Wed, 2010-11-10 21:35going jiggin on friday - hearing of all teh sharks aroudn thought id go and pickup some gear just in case they are on the bite...
came home with some 9/0 hooks 100lb wire trace some other wire leader(singlestrand chrome nickle) at 105lb some 150lb wind on leaders
im thinking.. mainline (50lb) to wind on, to wire leader to hook?
am i thinking along the right path? can i double uni the wind on to my braid main line?
also, where would i throw a sinker? im not sure about wire leader and sinkers... :L any ideas?
cheers
any one heading to the barges friday?
also, i couldnty find any assist hooks today, would it be okay to use say 150lb leader crimped ? aroudn 6 cm from split to hook?
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Polaroid sunnys for fishing ?
Submitted by J Déjà Vu on Wed, 2010-11-10 21:02this may be a stupid question but oh well
is it necessary while jigging to have a good pair of polaroids. just unsure how the water and glare is over there
if yes what brands models you recommend are good quality and sturdy cheers boys
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hds 5 water temp problem
Submitted by silly on Wed, 2010-11-10 19:02I'm having problems with my hds 5. I've taken it out for a run on the river and seems the transducer is working well except for the water temp is showing 33-34 degrees. Is there something that needs to be calibrated or could there be something wrong with the transducer or unit??
cheers
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ball knob to suit stella 4000
Submitted by Ryan C on Wed, 2010-11-10 16:02hi all , does anybody have a ball style aftermarket knob for a 4000 stella they want to sell? cheers
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Game Reel
Submitted by Dirt on Wed, 2010-11-10 15:56Hey guys,looking to buy a new reel for gamex next year,already have the tiagra 30w for my 15kg outfit
and am looking to buy a 50w for my 24kg outfit.I was intending to buy the tiagra 50w lrs but after some research and speaking
to the staff at bluewater tackle im seriously looking at the okuma makaira 50w11,they seem to be an exceptionly well built reel
and they really seem to of done there homework.I think the main issue for most people will be getting there head around the fact
that they have okuma stamped on them,
what are your thoughts
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salmon
Submitted by bateman on Wed, 2010-11-10 15:16Does anyone Know if the tailor are biting this time of year at White hills. And has anyone caught any salmon down there lately?
Hello
Submitted by LuckyBoy on Wed, 2010-11-10 14:34Hello all
Can anyone tell me where to catch Spanish mackerel in Perth ?
Thanks
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Problems with Navman Fish 4500 at depth
Submitted by dkonig82 on Wed, 2010-11-10 13:17Just wondering if anyone has used a Navman Fish 4500 at moderate depth? Say over 100m on the standard tranny?
Im finding mine loses the bottom as soon as I get over the 100m mark, and is patchy even from around 85m. This is on 200khz, 50 doesnt seem any/much better.
Dont know whether to trade up the sounder or the tranny, or if this is just a configuration issue. Saw the HDS post up there about getting into 300m with a 600watt tranny so thinking I should be fine with 100m.
They advertise that the unit can get depth at 1000m and I have heard of others in the states using them at around 450ft+ with no worries, so wondering if its a setting or something?
Dan
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Wednesday funny?
Submitted by buschy on Wed, 2010-11-10 10:57Just received a text from user 'simmo ryan' who is up in Exmouth with 'shaw_catch' and another mate. It is day 3 for them and after catching plenty of small GTs and dropping a few queenies LB they decided to hire a boat today.
Simmo landed a nice golden trev and during the photo the fish gave a good shake.
Simmo now has a treble stuck in his hand and is en route to Exmouth hospital!!
Sounds like he doesn't find it as funny as I do though!
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Shimano Sephia Egi Rod
Submitted by danno on Tue, 2010-11-09 22:01Hey all
Just wondering if anyone has used the Shimano Sephia Squidding rod??
Im looking at getting the 6'10 one for on the boat.
So if anyone has used them i would like to hear feed back.
Cheers Danno
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bee hive cray pots.
Submitted by sp4lyf on Tue, 2010-11-09 21:45amping for cray season so me and my dad have knocked up some bee hive pots from 8mm reo bar. we followed the specification on the fisheries website and all but were still unclear on what is allowed to go on the outside..
we were thinking of putting just rabbit wire. like the real thick gauge stuff...does any1 know if ur alowwed to or does it HAVE to be cane. any1 heard of using thick split bambo because i know that bends well.
cane isnt that accessible for us at the moment and tea tree would take forever..
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The not so big carp.
Submitted by sp4lyf on Tue, 2010-11-09 21:11As u may hav read from the western australian, the carp from the margaret river is now long gone. :)
we ended up wacking it with a 120mm gun after hours of intensive searching...
i regret to admit that it's not as big i thought before. i spose i thought it would have grown a bit more. genuinely sorry guys :( it weighed a 6.6 kilos and measured only 72cm
anyway. heres a bit of a recount: After we spotted it, Luke bailed over the side flooding our canoe full of gear. i told him to go quickly and ill get the gear back. i looked over to see him staking the fish with the loaded gun and just as he was in range it turned and began to run, hence the crappy gut shot, haha (i gave him so much crap for that), which is better than spending hours looking for it after it had been spooked. the fish but up a short but tough fight, going ballistic on the water surface. by now i had the gear and canoe ready and it was chucked in as we paddled back feeling stoked...
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Closest boat launching ramp/location to Steep Point
Submitted by Sails4me on Tue, 2010-11-09 21:00Hey guys
Heading up to Shark Bay on Firday, and am keen to see if we can take the boat out to Steep Point. Could you please advise if there are any launching facilities near to Steep Point, or if we have to make the long treck out from Denham. Also how far is it from Denham to Steep Point via boat (nautical miles)?
Anyone else up there for the next week from Friday, send me a pm if you are keen for a catch up and fish.
Cheers
Sails
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What is the best Beachfishing Reel for 12ft Beach Rod,and Cheapest..
Submitted by pafenni on Tue, 2010-11-09 20:28im just wondering what is the best beachfishing reel for a 12 ft rod and the cheapest,as im new to this game,
any info would be helpful
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Fishing in Canada
Submitted by Nick_basketball08 on Tue, 2010-11-09 20:12Hey,
I off to canada at the end of the year. was just wondering if anyone knew anything about it over there. Like......rods, reels, styles, baits, locations, fish species etc....
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Israelite Bay mud map
Submitted by westaus_ryan on Tue, 2010-11-09 19:16Gday fishos.
I'm just wondering how i can get my hands on any kind of map which outlines all the tracks that can take you from Fisheries road to Israelite Bay. Me and a couple of mates are gonna spend a couple of weeks out there over the New Year's break.
I'd be guessing i could find out from a servo or tackle store down in esperance, but i wanna spend a bit of time studying the maps before i get there (i live in freo).
Also, anyone who has done the treck previously, i'd love to hear about your experiences. I get the impression that i should be very well prepared before i take off, so any advice or knowledge you could pass on to me would be very, very much appreciated.
Cheers!
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HDS sounder shots
Submitted by Lucky Tim on Tue, 2010-11-09 19:16For those interested, here's a few shots of the HDS10 with transom mount 200/50kHz 600W transducer out in the deeper stuff.
Sambos:

Out in the 300's. Still not sure if I like the way the bottom lock displays and the lack of fixed manual shift but it seems to get a good reading in 300m. Just tossing up whether to go 1kW.


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saltist spin 4500 gear ratio
Submitted by Ryan C on Tue, 2010-11-09 14:20here's one for you tackle afficionado"s i have a saltist 4500 spin and i would like to have a lower gear ratio ideally 5.1/4.9 to one , i asked my tackle shop to find out if there was replacement gears (lower ratio) and they said the diawa rep said no , now will 4500 catalina's gears fit or a 4500 excellers gears(4.3 i think?) and are they strong enough? . any light shed on this will be appreciated cheers.
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Catalina 6500
Submitted by carps on Tue, 2010-11-09 13:18Hi Guys,
Just checking that a saltiga 6500 spool will fit a catalina 6500?
Cheers
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Gracetown help LB please
Submitted by John the Pom on Tue, 2010-11-09 10:13Off for a weekend with a few mates and staying in a house a few hundred metres from the beach.
I've done a quick search that didn't turn up much and was just wondering if anyone could advise to what species we could get there LB and what else is there (crabs, squid etc)?
Will be having a few beers so we don't want to go far on the beach.
Any help much appreciated.
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Worlds best underwater photographs - 2010
Submitted by bod on Tue, 2010-11-09 08:11Big names working in underwater photography have just announced the winners of their two major world competitions aimed at showcasing the best images captured in the depths of our Oceans.
Up close and personal with a moray eel in one of the top pictures in this year's underwater photography prize
A diver swims along a continental trench in Silfra, Iceland in the picture that scooped the top prize
Whittling down thousands of entries, judges selected winners from several categories in their 'Our World Under Water' competition and sister event, the Fourth Annual Deep Indonesia International Underwater Photo Competition.
Prizes for the events make up the largest prize pool in the world for underwater photography.
A lonely diver traversing a cavernous underwater crack has scooped the 2010 Deep Indonesia photography competition.
The incredible picture was taken by 45-year-old professional photographer, Magnus Lundgren from Sweden as he was guided though the eerie fissure in Thingvellir Lake, Iceland.
Briton John Hill took the Silver award in the compact cameras category for his action packed image taken from the heart of a school of silver coated jackfish.
John Hill's photo of jack fish in Sipadan, Borneo, Malaysia took second prize


'Mystery Wreck' taken by a diver of his girlfriend in Gran Canaria scooped the best overall prize while this image of Lion fish in Red Sea, Egypt also featured
Amateur underwater photographer, Mr Hill was diving off Sipadan Island in East Borneo, Malaysia during September 2009 as part of a year he spent travelling south-east Asia with his girlfriend, Jenny.
'I was diving at the edge of the school simply observing them,' said the 30 year-old construction worker and ex-dive instructor from Portsmouth.
'Another diver from my group accidentally drove them towards me and before I knew it I was surrounded. Luckily I had the presence of mind to quickly reach for my camera and take my shot. I was amazed by the results and thrilled to have gained a silver award in such a prestigious competition.'
My advice to anyone who hasn't tried diving is to jump in and have a go.' The Deep Indonesia competition was launched alongside the Our World Under Water competition as a unique international mega-event which supports underwater photographic expos under the same names held in Jakarta, Indonesia and Chicago in the US in February next year.
Baltic herrings struggle for freedom inside a net in Baltic Sea
A multitude of Schooling Catfish fill the photographer's frame in Indonesia
The competitions are so big that a total of over $120,000 worth of prizes were up for grabs this year, The aim, according to organisers, is for Our World Under Water and Deep Indonesia to showcase the art of underwater photography and seeks to underline the mystery, beauty and delicacy of the underwater realm.
The categories for Our World Underwater included macro traditional, macro unrestricted, super-macro traditional, wide angle traditional, wide angle unrestricted, compact cameras and novice.
Deep Indonesia categories included compact cameras, divers, animal portrait, animal behaviour, reefscapes, environment and conservation, and Indonesia residents.
The two competitions attracted over 5000 entries and winners were picked from 20 countries across the world.
David Barrio, 37 from Spain took the overall prize 'Best in Show' for the Deep Indonesia award for a haunting image of his girlfriend, slowly rising through a cabin of a deep sea wreck off the coast of southern Gran Canaria.
Sailfish attacking schooling fish in Port St. Johns, South Africa
A Stargazer in Blue Heron Bridge, Florida
A Frogfish and Shrimpfish in Indonesia
A Mantis Shrimp with eggs in Anilao, Philippines
Other award winning pictures included a dramatic picture of a leopard seal snapping its' jaws directly at the lens of Bartosz Strozynski from Poland, landing him the gold award for animal behaviour.
'I was playing with the seal,' said 35 year-old Bartosz from Poznan in Poland.
'They are curious and they do try to test you in the water. This one saw his reflection in my lens and must have thought I was another leopard seal. So she displayed her teeth as a warning.
'I'm very happy with this photo. Braving the cold was worth it.'
The competitions threw up other gems such as the poignant picture of a male sea horse moments after he gave birth to his first born, a photograph of hunted baltic herring battling vainly against fishermen's netting and an image of colourful sweetlip fish racing over the reef.
The two competitions are organised by Eric Cheng of Wetpixel Online and Jason Heller of Dive Photo Guide, who each run the two acclaimed websites for dive photographers.
They launched underwatercompetition.com which hosts Our World Underwater and Deep Indonesia after the overwhelming popularity of their first underwater photography competition in 2005.
A juvenile Flying fish in Raja Ampat, Indonesia
A hungry Leopard seal in Antarctica
A Leopard seal in the Antarctic perches on an iceberg
Harlequin shrimps in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1327747/Underwater-photograph-moray-eel-taken-world-beauty-spot.html#ixzz14ju0hwb7
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HELP!!!
Submitted by fisherboy on Tue, 2010-11-09 07:01hi guys
i got my starlo caught between a caboard and my starlo broke :( thats the last time im getting a 1pce rod -.-
could you guys give me some advice for a rod that is $100 or under (not secondhand) is there any good prices for the trions? im interested in the trion for sure what else what about the new starlo classics ?
oh yeah and im looking for a rod that is 2pce and 2to 4 kilo and ariound 7 foot.
i would appreciate any help at all cheers.
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Shark game Reels what brands you use and prefer Penn Shimano Etc?
Submitted by J Déjà Vu on Mon, 2010-11-08 21:43ay fells after a 50 size reel for sharks
i have a tiagra 30lrsa
but after a 50
what do you;se use prefer and why ? inters tiagras etc?
and what the spool capcity like on you reel how many meters / yards of LB
? cheers
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flathead lures
Submitted by brg on Mon, 2010-11-08 21:05hi guys what's the best lures/colours for flathead in the swan and what pound fluro should i run?.cheers
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Advise or opinion on rod/line size to suit diawa 2spd saltist
Submitted by cocokye on Mon, 2010-11-08 20:36Got given a 2spd diawa saltist 30 for a present and chasing ideas and advise on rod and line size (braid) to suit this reel. hoping to use for bottom bashing/jigging in the south west.Not worried on the price just give me your opinions please.
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Who's fishing in the Calamari Classic
Submitted by JR JetSki on Mon, 2010-11-08 20:23Everyone is very quite about this competition. It cant be just me being excited about it. Who else is taking part?
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hds sounder
Submitted by JimmyMc on Mon, 2010-11-08 20:07I have installed the new hds10, it is a great little unit. a questoin for the guys that use them, have you had a problem with the sounder not reading in water below 1-1.5m I wass using the 50khz setting and only traveling at about 5 knots.
with the unit in deeper water it worked really well, I could see the bottom at about 30knts, much better than the old unit. i havent changed the settings from factory except the sensitivity down abit to reduce the clutter.
Cheers
Jimmy
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